Mudhoney (film)
 Theatrical release poster | ||
| Starring | Hal Hopper, Antoinette Christiani, John Furlong, Rena Horten, Princess Livingston, Lorna Maitlanderror | |
| Directed by | Russ Meyer | |
| Produced by | Russ Meyer | |
| Screenplay by | W.E. Sprague Raymond Friday Locke | |
| Based on | Streets Paved with Gold by Raymond Friday Locke | |
| Editing by | Russ Meyer Charles G. Schelling | |
| Music by | Henri Price | |
| Distributed by | Eve Productions Inc. | |
| Released | May 25, 1965 (Boston) August 6, 1965 (Los Angeles) | |
| Runtime | 92 minutes | |
| Country | United States | |
| language | English | |
Mudhoney (sometimes Mud Honey) is a 1965 Southern Gothic film directed by Russ Meyer. It is based on the novel Streets Paved With Gold by Raymond Friday Locke. The film is a period drama set during the Great Depression. "I got in a little bit over my head," Meyer said about the film. "That's when I thought I was Erskine Caldwell, John Steinbeck and George Stevens all in one."
The film became the inspiration for the name of pioneering Seattle grunge band 'Mudhoney', formed in 1988. American singer-songwriter Norah Jones' album cover for 'Little Broken Hearts' was based upon a poster for the film.
Cast
- Hal Hopper as Sidney Brenshaw
- Antoinette Cristiani as Hannah Brenshaw
- John Furlong as Calif McKinney
- Stuart Lancaster as Lute Wade
- Rena Horten as Eula
- Princess Livingston as Maggie Marie
- Lorna Maitland as Clara Belle
- Sam Hanna as Injoys
- Nick Wolcuff as Sheriff Abel
- Frank Bolger as Brother Hanson
- Lee Ballard as Sister Hanson
- Mickey Foxx as Thurmond Pate
- F. Rufus Owens as Milton
Reception
Box Office
The film was a financial failure. Meyer later said, "I made a gamble with Mudhoney and I failed. The only reason I made Mudhoney was I was in love with a girl named Rena. I should have not made the film."
Critical
The Los Angeles Times called it "the perfect dirty picture. Unspoiled by either undue sadism or outright nudity... a flawless piece of unintentional camp."
Roger Ebert called the film "Meyer's neglected masterpiece: his most interesting, most ambitious, most complex and longest independent production. He describes it as a case of over-achievement; it was not necessary, or perhaps even wise, he believes, to expend so much energy on a movie that had so little directly exploitable elements." Ebert said "Meyer's visual invention, always dramatic and energetic, has never been better than in this one. From the Hitchcockian opening (bare feet seen in a closeup on intersecting passages) to such Grand Guignol shots as a body falling into a grave from the grave's P. O. V., this is a melodrama taken to obsessed extremes."
References
- Wikipedia article: Mudhoney_(film)
External links
- Review Mudhoney at the Internet Movie Database
- Mudhoney at All Movie Guide
- Mudhoney at TCMDB
- Mudhoney at Letterbox DVD
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